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Project Basics

Project Basics. Engr. Faisal-ur-Rehman. What is a Project?. A Project is a job that has a beginning and an end (time), a specified outcome ( scope) at a stated level of quality (performance), and a budget (cost). or

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Project Basics

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  1. Project Basics Engr. Faisal-ur-Rehman

  2. What is a Project? • A Project is a job that has a beginning and an end (time), a specified outcome ( scope) at a stated level of quality (performance), and a budget (cost). or • A project is a temporary effort to create a unique product or service. Projects usually include constraints and risks regarding cost, schedule or performance outcome.

  3. What is a Project? • A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service. or • A project is a one-time, multitask job that has clearly defined starting and ending dates, a specific scope of work to be performed, a budget, and a specified level of performance to be achieved. As we can begin to sense, three key pop of these definitions: • A project is temporary. • A project is unique. • A project is the result of a multi-task job that performs something specific (i.e. a goal). It is thus progressively elaborated.

  4. Project Management • Project management is a set of principles, practices, and techniques applied to lead project teams and control project schedule, cost, and performance risks to result in delighted customers. • The Project Management Institute has identified nine topic areas to define the scope of project management knowledge as follows: integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk, and procurement. Within each of these topic areas, there is a set of principles, practices, and techniques to help you manage project risks and capture opportunities for success.

  5. Project Management • Efficient use of resources to complete a project as designed, on time, at the desired level of performance, and within budget. • These project parameters are also called constraints

  6. Example • Design and construction of new building • Working on Final Year Project

  7. Project Parameters • Time • Scope • Performance • and cost.. • these are related to each other So C = f(P,T,S) At any point, you can control only three of the four parameters because when one of the project parameters changes, at least one of the other parameter must change in response

  8. Project Parameters • Scope creep: Unplanned changes in project scope • Experienced project managers have a formal process of reviewing and approving changes to the project. The process is communicated to everyone involved with the project to stave off creep

  9. Project Cycle

  10. Problem Identification • Also refered to as the concept stage or need stage where the project is just a thought • Someone realizes that there is a problem in search of a solution or • An opportunity that the organization can take advantage of.

  11. Definition • In this stage, a person or group of people accurately describes the problem (or, more positively, the challenge or opportunity) that the project is attempting to solve. • The definition stage is more often neglected, which helps explain why some projects fail. • The challenge of definition stage is to take the time to thoroughly describe the problem, beginning with naïve question: What is the problem we’re trying to solve? • Define the problem and its solution from the customer’s point of view.

  12. Project Design • Define the project objectives • Finalize the project scope • Identify project activities • Break each activity into logical components • Assign resources and • Create estimates for time and costs • Go/no go stage • Outcome is project budget and timeline • Decides the success of the project

  13. Development • You expand the resources according to the project plan to complete the activities specified in the project design • Quality assurance and communication skills are vital

  14. Implementation • Field testing and measurement • Product is modified or re-engineered

  15. Evaluation • Review of a project • Reports and personal experience with the project • Indentify areas to improve

  16. Reference • Mastering Project 2000, Gini Courter and Annette Marquis-ISBN 81-7656-244-0 (First Chapter) • http://www.hyperthot.com/project.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management • http://www.suite101.com/course.cfm/17517/seminar • http://www.netmba.com/ • http://www.gezabottlik.com/usc_courses.html

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